Subnav Teens

National Health Education Standards (NHES) 9-12

Standard 2: Students will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health behaviors.
2.12.2. Analyze how the culture supports and challenges health beliefs, practices, and behaviors.
2.12.3 Analyze how peers influence healthy and unhealthy behaviors.
2.12.7 Analyze how the perceptions of norms influence healthy and unhealthy behaviors.
2.12.8 Analyze the influence of personal values and beliefs on individual health practices and behaviors.

Standard 5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.
5.12.5 Predict the potential short-term and long-term impact of each alternative on self and others.

Objectives:

Students will identify behaviors which affect safe driving

Students will identify how to improve driving safety

Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health

Vocabulary:

You always study vocabulary, but this time let’s make it yours and make it fun. Create an Interactive Vocabulary Journal (IVJ)*, using the unit vocabulary below. You may use other resources you find in and outside of class. For example, you may take your own photographs or draw your own caricatures to incorporate into your IVJ. [* IV: An interactive journal in which students use the Internet, Discovery Education videos, images, articles, interviews they conduct, to define each term — in this manner, vocabulary is no longer the "drill and kill", but rather, "sticky" and personal and unique to each student; IVJs are cumulative so that at a course's or semester's conclusion, students have created a vocabulary portfolio they can share with classmates.]

Distraction

Defensive driving (list basic concepts)

Speed limit

Responsibility

Reckless

Introductory Activity:

Using your Interactive Vocabulary Journal (IVJ), create a Digital Pamphlet, which will digitize the traditional pamphlet using videos, music, images, etc. which they can share not only with classmates but also their school via the school's technologies. Your Digital Pamphlet will provide for other teens a quick but engaging review of safe driving tips. Share your Digital Pamphlet first with your class and then find a mall and ask if you may distribute your Digital Pamphlets there.